On the Motion: Motion to Recede and Amend the Bill; A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.Result: Agreed to (56-37, 7 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]

On the Motion: Motion to Waive Rule XXVIII, Paragraph 3, Re: H.R.3043 Conference Report; A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.Result: Rejected (47-46, 7 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)Details: [click here]

On the Motion: Motion to Recede and Amend the Bill; A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.Result: Agreed to (56-37, 7 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]

On the Motion: Motion to Waive Rule XXVIII, Paragraph 3, Re: H.R.3043 Conference Report; A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.Result: Rejected (47-46, 7 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)Details: [click here]

Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “Today we continue debate on the Farm Bill. I believe this debate is going well, and I am confident that the bipartisan cooperation that brought this bill to the…

Washington, DC—Senate Democrats and nutrition experts held a press conference today to discuss the important nutrition programs in the farm bill – the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 – and the impact these investments will have on our children’s health. The bill expands access to the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program to reach…

Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today after the Senate voted to strip the Mil-Con/VA bill from the Labor-HHS-Education conference report: “Democrats are working to pass the largest-ever increase in resources for veterans care that would improve conditions at veterans’ military facilities like Walter Reed, safeguard veterans’ personal data, and fund…

Washington, DC—Senate Democratic veterans held a press conference today to discuss the veterans’ funding bill Democrats want to send the President that includes the largest-ever increase in funding for our veterans. As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched our VA increasingly thin, and as President Bush has consistently under-funded our veterans even in…